GRAND RAPIDS, MI: $91.1M on 137,911 FEC receipts

The GRAND RAPIDS, MI contributor-city book

137,911 itemized contributions produced $91,070,736 under the GRAND RAPIDS, MI city key. About $660 per line follows from division. Repeat givers can lengthen 137,911 without adding new people; this packet has no unique-donor figure.

State MI on the same row keeps GRAND RAPIDS, MI distinct from same-named cities elsewhere. Western Michigan orients Grand Rapids. Lansing state filings are outside the federal itemized book. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

Readers who live near Wyoming or Kentwood still need the city string as filed. A Grand Rapids mailing habit is not the FEC dimension. GRAND RAPIDS, MI sums to $91,070,736 on 137,911 lines (about $660 each). East Grand Rapids remains outside that pair.

Volume and average on the Grand Rapids book

Grand Rapids sits in a mid-range mean band on this extract: about $660 from $91,070,736 divided by 137,911. The pair is a city-field average, not a ranking of political intensity.

The shape is two numbers. $91,070,736 without 137,911 looks like a single pile of money. 137,911 without $91,070,736 looks like a turnout figure. Together they are an itemized city book.

Federal itemized only: the MI city caveat

Refunds, redesignations, and amendments can move both dollars and the 137,911-line count after this snapshot. Treat the figures as currently indexed, not as a closed book.

Researchers who need names should open the Grand Rapids FEC page rather than dividing $91,070,736 by a guessed household count.

Grand Rapids versus Wyoming is a different-key problem, not a suburb ranking. Kentwood and East Grand Rapids follow the same rule. Quote $91,070,736 and 137,911 for GRAND RAPIDS, MI only. The mean near $660 does not travel with a neighbor’s name.

City string versus people who live in Grand Rapids

137,911 is a line count. Households that give twice, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows. Without a unique-donor field in this packet, do not quote 137,911 as a population of Grand Rapids donors.

The all-cities directory ranks the same series. Compare line counts as filing shape, not as a claim that one city is more politically active. FEC.gov does not score activity.

Annexation stories about Wyoming, Kentwood, or East Grand Rapids do not rewrite $91,070,736. FEC city strings do not auto-follow city-limit changes. 137,911 contributions tagged GRAND RAPIDS, MI stay on this page until a filer types a different city. About $660 per line is still division.

Where Grand Rapids rows split by ZIP

City and ZIP are different FEC fields. A row can carry city GRAND RAPIDS, MI and a ZIP that readers associate with a neighbor. Both fields are stored as filed. LobbyVault’s city page sums the city field.

The all-cities directory is the ranking view of the same city series. Grand Rapids’s 137,911 lines are comparable to other cities only as filing volume, not as turnout.

Line count 137,911 and dollars $91,070,736 should move together in a reader’s notes. If a later story quotes only one, check the hub. An amendment can change either figure. Snapshot prose cannot update itself.

If a newsroom map paints Grand Rapids together with Wyoming and Kentwood, the FEC file still splits them. East Grand Rapids too. This extract’s only city total is $91,070,736 on 137,911 GRAND RAPIDS, MI rows, mean near $660.

Live hub versus this Grand Rapids snapshot

The Grand Rapids FEC page holds the live $91,070,736 and 137,911 as currently indexed. The all-cities directory ranks other city strings. The ZIP directory opens a different field. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

If you quote $91,070,736, quote 137,911 in the same breath. A dollar total without a line count hides whether Grand Rapids is a volume book or a concentration book.

Grand Rapids’s $91,070,736 on 137,911 lines yields a mean near $660, higher than many Midwest volume books. Kent County geography orients. Wyoming, Kentwood, and East Grand Rapids are different strings. Lansing state filings are outside the federal city total. The 137,911-line count is shorter than many Midwest volume books and the average line is larger. That is arithmetic, not a culture claim. Michigan state-office campaigns are omitted. Furniture-city geography is not an FEC industry code here. Cite GRAND RAPIDS, MI, $91,070,736, and 137,911 together. The Grand Rapids FEC page holds the live pair.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Grand Rapids federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city GRAND RAPIDS, MI total $91,070,736 across 137,911 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Grand Rapids. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How should I read the 137,911 figure for GRAND RAPIDS, MI?

LobbyVault counts 137,911 itemized contributions for GRAND RAPIDS, MI. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 137,911 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $91,070,736.

What city field does FEC use for Grand Rapids?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed GRAND RAPIDS with state MI. Office addresses and mail that list Grand Rapids can be part of $91,070,736 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 137,911-line count follows the same rule.

How current is the $91,070,736 total for Grand Rapids?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $91,070,736 and 137,911 lines for GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MI are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $660 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.